Two people are feared dead after pedestrians were hit by a white van driver near a renowned north London mosque, in what is being described as a 'terrorist attack'.

One man has been arrested after the van ploughed into a crowd outside Finsbury Park Mosque, as they finished taraweeh, Ramadan evening prayers.

Eyewitnesses reported seeing bystanders wrestle the suspect to the floor and pin him down until officers arrived at around 20 past midnight, after he allegedly screamed 'I want to kill all Muslims'.

Others added that the congregation of victims were heroically trying to save a man who had collapsed at a bus stop.

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Two police officers help a victim towards an ambulance car as devastated bystanders watch on in horror following the attack

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Police were called just after midnight to reports of a vehicle in collision with pedestrians in Seven Sisters Road

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One man was arrested at the scene. The suspect is pictured here being handcuffed next to a police vehicle

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A pile of blankets can be seen, amid fears that there may have been fatalities in the attack

Alleged suspect who drove into pedestrians held by two men

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Emergency service crews were also spotted trying giving cardiac massages to the injured in a desperate bid to save them, but unconfirmed reports that two other suspects fled the van have been denied by police.

Finsbury Park Mosque has undergone wholesale changes under new leader Mohammed Kozbar, since the days when hook-handed Abu Hamza was imam there from 1997 until 2003.

Mr Kozbar told The Sun: 'Whoever did this, he did it to hurt people and it's a terrorist attack.

'We call it a terrorist attack as we called it in Manchester, Westminster and London Bridge.'

Jeremy Corbyn has expressed his shock at the incident, which took place in his Islington North constituency.

He said: 'I'm totally shocked at the incident at Finsbury Park tonight. I've been in touch with the mosques, police and Islington council regarding the incident.

'My thoughts are with those and the community affected by this awful event.'

Prime Minister Theresa May described the attack as a 'terrible incident', adding: 'All my thoughts are with those who have been injured, their loved ones and the emergency services on the scene.'

Witnesses told MailOnline that they saw two additional suspects run away once the van had stopped.

Atikur Arhman, 41, from Finsbury Park, said: 'There was three people in there. They caught one and are looking for another two.

'An elderly man who just came from the mosque, he just fainted and people were picking him up when the van he just sped up and ran them over when the guy was one the floor.'

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A heavy presence of armed police officers swooped to the scene shortly after the drama unfolded near the place of worship

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Eyewitnesses reported seeing bystanders wrestle the suspect to the floor and pin him down until officers arrived at the scene

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Rescue teams at the scene investigating as other emergency service members huddle together to discuss the operation

Police seen with suspected van driver after pedestrians hit

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'It's not safe anymore after what's been happening. It's not been safe to walk.

'Two people ran away and one got taken away to the police.

Another person saw the horror unfold added: 'When they stopped two guys run away and with one guy people stopped him.

'If he'd gone for the main entrance then maybe 15 or 20 would have been killed.'

He added he heard there had been fatalities but did not want to 'jump to conclusions.'

Fabian Santana, 22, went to a nearby chicken shop before coming out and seeing the carnage unfold.

He said: 'I went in the chicken shop and my friend was outside, when I come back outside the same guy who was standing next to my friend was on the floor.

'If I didn't go in the chicken shop I could have been done for.

'I just feel like London for the last couple of weeks has not been safe. I'd rather go out of London.

'One of the attackers looked drunk off his face.

'Whose going to get in a van and drive straight at Muslims at this time?'

A different anonymous witness said: 'There was three people beside the van, just one van. One is tall and the other two people ran away.

'The people finished with the mosque and were going home normally and then the van bumped into them.'

The scene at Seven Sisters Rd where a 'van ploughed into people'

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Several worshipers took to the streets to pray for the victims in the aftermath of the horrific attack

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More members of the Muslim community on their knees as they send their prayers to those who were affected by the van

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Police extend the cordon around the scene as the investigation begins during a hectic few weeks for emergency services

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Police officers attending to the scene after the vehicle collided with pedestrians in Finsbury Park at around midnight